Delhi University: Hindu College rejects autonomy claim, authorities did not consult all stakeholders

During a recently held emergency meeting, the Delhi University's Hindu College Staff Association rejected the proposal to join the administration's move to apply for autonomy from the University Grants Commission (UGC).

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"The Hindu College Staff Association notes with alarm that there had been no attempt to consult the staff and other stakeholders of the college, or otherwise involve them in any way, in taking this initiative towards autonomy. Consequently, the staff and students of the college remain completely in the dark about the implications of this initiative, and find the lack of transparency, completely inexplicable and objectionable," the association said in a statement.

They claimed that the administration did not stick to its claim. "The administration should have consulted us before the taking the decision. Therefore, the Hindu College Teaching Staff Association has unanimously rejected the said autonomy scheme unless the stakeholders are consulted," a staff association member said.

Hindu College had recently approached the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry seeking answers to its autonomy-related queries. The move triggered students' protest on the campus. Principal Anju Shrivastava, however, said that everything will be communicated to the staff members before moving ahead. "Nothing official has happened as of now and when anything will happen, we will first discuss it with our staff members,"

The scheme offers academic and operative freedom to the colleges. It enables a college to design and structure its own courses of study and syllabus to suit local needs and to devise innovative methods of teaching, examination, and evaluation. Any number of Colleges under a University, fulfilling a set criterion, can apply for autonomy UGC under this scheme.

UGC held a workshop on Friday to clarify doubts regarding autonomy scheme and principals of around 20 DU colleges had attended it. And this move created an uproar on the campus with officials terming it an attempt of 'privatisation' and 'commercialisation'.

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